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He who lends out his door should be ready for the cold blowing wind.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who can read and write has four eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about eyes

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

Three --- friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about wife, money, old, olderness, americans

Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback, reading books and between a woman's breasts.

Proverbs and old sayings about books, earth, woman

Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood.

Proverbs and old sayings Azere

Where your will is ready, your feet are light.

Proverbs and old sayings British about light

The man who is ready to lend is the beggar's brother.

Proverbs and old sayings British about man

A word about to be spoken is like a stone that is ready to be thrown.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word

Too many barbers would be ready to shave the beard of a beardless man.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about man

Be in readiness for favorable winds.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Get the coffin ready and watch the man mend.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Bald-headed men are ready-made buddhist priests.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

A dictionary can only be read when it is printed.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The butterfly becomes only when it's entirely ready.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day

Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If your books are not read, your descendants will be ignorant.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about books

He is easy to lure, who is ready to follow.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Hold your dog in readiness before you start the hare.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish